Sync notification working, need to be tested
diff --git a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/services/helpers/user-prefs.test.js b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/spec/services/helpers/user-prefs.test.js
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+/**
+ * © OpenCORD
+ *
+ * Created by teone on 5/25/16.
+ */
+
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+  let service;
+  let cookies = {
+    xosUserPrefs: JSON.stringify({test: true})
+  };
+
+  const cookieMock = {
+    get: (name) => {
+      return cookies[name]
+    },
+    put: (name, value) => {
+      cookies[name] = value
+    }
+  };
+
+  describe('The xos.helper module', function(){
+
+    describe('The XosUserPrefs service', () => {
+
+      // load the application module
+      beforeEach(module('xos.helpers', ($provide) => {
+        $provide.value('$cookies', cookieMock);
+      }));
+
+      // inject the cartService
+      beforeEach(inject(function (_XosUserPrefs_) {
+        // The injector unwraps the underscores (_) from around the parameter names when matching
+        service = _XosUserPrefs_;
+        spyOn(cookieMock, 'put').and.callThrough();
+      }));
+
+      it('should exists and have methods', () => {
+        expect(service).toBeDefined();
+        expect(service.getAll).toBeDefined();
+        expect(service.setAll).toBeDefined();
+        expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus).toBeDefined();
+        expect(service.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus).toBeDefined();
+      });
+
+      describe('the getAll method', () => {
+        it('should return all the stored prefs', () => {
+          let prefs = service.getAll();
+          expect(prefs).toEqual(JSON.parse(cookies.xosUserPrefs));
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('the setAll method', () => {
+        it('should override all preferences', () => {
+          service.setAll({test: true, updated: true});
+          expect(JSON.parse(cookies.xosUserPrefs)).toEqual({test: true, updated: true});
+        });
+      });
+
+      describe('the synchronizers status', () => {
+        let syncNotification;
+        beforeEach(() => {
+          syncNotification = {
+            synchronizers: {
+              notification: {
+                first: true,
+                second: false
+              }
+            }
+          }
+          cookies.xosUserPrefs = JSON.stringify(syncNotification);
+        });
+
+        describe('the getSynchronizerNotificationStatus method', () => {
+          it('should return notification status for all synchronizers', () => {
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus()).toEqual(syncNotification.synchronizers.notification);
+          });
+
+          it('should return notification status for a single synchronizers', () => {
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus('first')).toEqual(syncNotification.synchronizers.notification.first);
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus('second')).toEqual(syncNotification.synchronizers.notification.second);
+          });
+        });
+
+        describe('the setSynchronizerNotificationStatus', () => {
+          
+          it('should throw an error if called without synchronizer name', () => {
+            function wrapper (){
+              service.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus();
+            }
+            expect(wrapper).toThrowError('[XosUserPrefs] When updating a synchronizer is mandatory to provide a name.');
+          });
+
+          it('should update a synchronizer notification status', () => {
+            service.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus('second', true);
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus('second')).toEqual(true);
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus('first')).toEqual(true);
+
+            // should persist the change
+            expect(cookieMock.put).toHaveBeenCalledWith('xosUserPrefs', '{"synchronizers":{"notification":{"first":true,"second":true}}}');
+          });
+
+          it('should handle empty cookies', () => {
+            cookies.xosUserPrefs = '';
+            service.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus('second', true);
+            expect(service.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus('second')).toEqual(true);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+})();
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diff --git a/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/services/helpers/user-prefs.service.js b/views/ngXosLib/xosHelpers/src/services/helpers/user-prefs.service.js
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+(function () {
+  
+  angular.module('xos.helpers')
+
+  /**
+  * @ngdoc service
+  * @name xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs
+  * @description
+  * This service is used to store the user preferences in cookies, so that they survive to page changes.
+  * The structure of the user preference is:
+  * ```
+  * {
+  *   synchronizers: {
+  *     notification: {
+  *       'volt': boolean,
+  *       'openstack': boolean,
+  *       ...
+  *     }
+  *   }
+  * }
+  * ```
+  **/
+
+  .service('XosUserPrefs', function($cookies){
+
+    let userPrefs = $cookies.get('xosUserPrefs') ? JSON.parse($cookies.get('xosUserPrefs')) : {};
+
+    /**
+    * @ngdoc method
+    * @name xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs#getAll
+    * @methodOf xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs
+    * @description
+    * Return all the user preferences stored in cookies
+    * @returns {object} The user preferences
+    **/
+    this.getAll = () => {
+      userPrefs = $cookies.get('xosUserPrefs') ? JSON.parse($cookies.get('xosUserPrefs')) : {};
+      return userPrefs;
+    };
+
+    /**
+    * @ngdoc method
+    * @name xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs#setAll
+    * @methodOf xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs
+    * @description
+    * Override all user preferences
+    * @param {object} prefs The user preferences
+    **/
+    this.setAll = (prefs) => {
+      $cookies.put('xosUserPrefs', JSON.stringify(prefs));
+    };
+
+    /**
+    * @ngdoc method
+    * @name xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs#getSynchronizerNotificationStatus
+    * @methodOf xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs
+    * @description
+    * Return the synchronizer notification status, if name is not provided return the status for all synchronizers
+    * @param {string=} prefs The synchronizer name
+    * @returns {object | string} The synchronizer status
+    **/
+    this.getSynchronizerNotificationStatus = (name = false) => {
+      if(name){
+        return this.getAll().synchronizers.notification[name];
+      }
+      return this.getAll().synchronizers.notification;
+    };
+
+    /**
+    * @ngdoc method
+    * @name xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs#setSynchronizerNotificationStatus
+    * @methodOf xos.helpers.XosUserPrefs
+    * @description
+    * Update the notification status for a single synchronizer
+    * @param {string} name The synchronizer name
+    * @param {boolean} value The notification status (true means that it has been sent)
+    **/
+    this.setSynchronizerNotificationStatus = (name = false, value) => {
+      if(!name){
+        throw new Error('[XosUserPrefs] When updating a synchronizer is mandatory to provide a name.')
+      }
+
+      let cookies = this.getAll();
+
+      if(!cookies.synchronizers){
+        cookies.synchronizers = {
+          notification: {}
+        }
+      }
+
+      cookies.synchronizers.notification[name] = value;
+      this.setAll(cookies);
+    }
+  });
+})();
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